Greg Chappell
Greg Chappell
Gregory Stephen Chappell MBEis a former cricketer who captained Australia between 1975 and 1977 and then joined the breakaway World Series Cricketorganisation, before returning to the Australian captaincy in 1979, a position he held until his retirement 1984. The second of three brothers to play Test cricket, Chappell was the pre-eminent Australian batsman of his time who allied elegant stroke making to fierce concentration. An exceptional all round player who bowled medium pace and, at his retirement, held the world...
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I think it (batting) is probably more established than the bowling. But we have got some young players in the one-day squad. You've got to keep moving on at all stages. If you are standing still, you are going backwards really.
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Our bowlers learnt from the experience of bowling on flat pitches.
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Paul was a different character that some said was pretty selfish,
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He knows exactly what he is doing and that is very good.
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Guys who are buying into it are going ahead and those who are not buying into it will find themselves by the wayside,
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He is not fit. At the moment it does not look like he can play.
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His bowling is like a breath of fresh air for all of us. I hope he will have a long career ahead of him.
But he was a better leg-spinner than me.
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The failure of openers is cause of concern. But then the Sri Lankan fast bowlers seem to be quite good!
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I have taken the view that I can do the job to the best of my ability and the rest will take care of itself.
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I have to let it wash by and say people have their reasons for saying what they do and I can't be distracted by that and do what I believe in. At the end of my time, whenever that might be, the team and therefore I will be judged ultimately on the results we achieve, not whether I have been able to convince this or that member of the media that what we are doing is in the best interests of Indian cricket.
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I'm hoping that he will pass on the knowledge and experience he has gained from playing for 16 years to the next generation,
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It was a frank discussion about Indian cricket, present and future, and much of what I said was aimed at motivating Saurav for the Bulawayo test. In that regard our exchange was beneficial.
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Things come up from time to time and people get frustrated. They say things which probably they don't really mean and are not as important as they are made out to be. I think if we keep looking at success a lot of these issues would fade away.